Shameless Lynch ref. Carel Struycken (The Fireman) in Twin Peaks. ... and Lurch
"If I'm up for a part if, I'm asked to play something, I really worry what I'm going to be because they always make fellows like me the big dumb galoot, the oaf who doesn't know anything, who trips over himself. We are apparently idiots, all big men. You end up never leading anybody to anything. You end up holding people, while the boss hits them in the face -- scratching your head a lot wondering where all your marbles went. Well, that kind of thing doesn't appeal to me at all. I used to think that's how it was and I would do it, but I won't do it anymore. I turn down everything that comes along like that. ..."
"None. None of them! I don't want to be remembered for any of them because I don't like any of them. I'm not proud of any of them. I am still waiting for the one role I will have pride in and want to be associated with down the years."
Lock Martin, who was over 7ft tall - how tall seems to vary from 7ft 1 inch to 7ft 7 inches.
That's really very sad, especially as Cassidy's role as Lurch was so well-loved.Speaking of Lurch ... Struycken took over the role of Lurch for the Addams Family movies because Ted Cassidy (the original Lurch from the TV series) had died in 1979.
Cassidy, like the other actors mentioned in this thread, found himself type-cast in odd and menacing roles because of his size (6 ft. 9 in.) and deep voice. However ...
Cassidy's height and features weren't attributed to acromegaly or any other medical issue. He was simply a very tall normal man. He'd been a college athlete, DJ and news reporter before becoming a full-time actor.
Perhaps as a result, Cassidy was one of the few type-cast 'different' folks who didn't always appreciate his casting history. In later years Cassidy specialized in voice acting and declined live action roles. The year before his death (1978) he bemoaned his lack of success in being cast as anything other than a menacing figure ...
When asked which role he took pride in and wished to be remembered for he said:
SOURCE: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0144252/bio
His final role was Kivas Fajo in an episode of Star Trek. I wouldn't call that a minor role. If anything, it would have launched him into a new level.Didn't David Rappaport kill himself because he was being passed over for roles and he got offered crap casting due to his height?
Yes I dislike seeing actors typecast because of their appearance but it happens to most of them I think. If they look a certain way or if they did particularly well in a certain role, that's it.
... Typecasting is common, but what you look like on the outside isn't necessarily how you feel on the inside.
But a decent actor can do exactly that. That is why they are an actor!A role is in effect a full-body 'mask' - i.e., an artificial projection of a certain believable person or personality. If you don't manifest or project the intended mask you won't be cast. To some extent it's the same sort of issue faced in any number of other jobs for which there are presumptive qualifications requirements.
Albert Finney/Brian Cox?
I wonder why?Clint Howard tends to get cast in roles that require someone unconventional looking. He seems to have built a decent career on playing alien babies, convicts and a serial killer on Seinfeld.
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If I'm out for a pleasant stroll and I see Clint Howard walking toward me wielding a 5-iron, I'll be out of there quicker than Road Runner on a motorbike.According to Bryce Dallas Howard, Clint's niece, he chooses his roles to make sure they won't interrupt his golf.
French actor Maurice Tillet also.
Andre the Giant was a giant and played a giant in one of the finest films ever made.